Habacuque 2

Habacuque 2

(Habakkuk Commentaries) Habakkuk 2:1 Commentary Habakkuk 2:2 Commentary Habakkuk 2:3 Commentary Habakkuk 2:4 Commentary Habakkuk 2:5 Commentary Habakkuk 2:6 Commentary Habakkuk 2:7 Commentary Habakkuk 2:8 Commentary Habakkuk 2:9 Commentary Habakkuk 2:10 Commentary Habakkuk 2:11 Commentary Habakkuk 2:12 Commentary Habakkuk 2:13 Commentary Habakkuk 2:14 Commentary Habakkuk 2:15 Commentary Habakkuk 2:16 Commentary Habakkuk 2:17 Commentary Habakkuk 2:18 Commentary Habakkuk 2:19 Commentary Habakkuk 2:20 Commentary Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission Habakkuk Drawn out in Pictures - Interesting HABAKKUK: THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE BY FAITH "From Worry to Worship" Problems of Habakkuk Hab 1:1 -2:20 Praise of Habakkuk Opens in Gloom: Begins with an Interrogation Mark? Closes in Glory: Ends with an Exclamation Mark! Faith Troubled Faith Triumphant What is God Doing? Who God Is From "Doubts" To "Shouts" Perplexity of the Prophet Hab 1:1-17 Perspicuity of the Prophet Hab 2:1-20 Pleasure of the Prophet Habakkuk Complains Hab 1:1-17 God Replies Hab 2:1-20 Habakkuk Sings Watch and See Stand and See Kneel and See Habakkuk Troubled Habakkuk Taught Habakkuk Triumphant The Prophet Wondering & Worrying The Prophet Watching & Waiting The Prophet Worshiping & Witnessing Habakkuk's First Question Hab 1:1-4 God's First Answer Hab 1:5-11 Habakkuk's Second Question Hab 1:12-2:1 God's Second Answer Hab 2:2-2:20 Habakkuk's Prayer of Praise Habakkuk Speaks: Why Does God not Punish Wicked Judah? God Speaks: Judah Will Be Punished! Habakkuk Speaks: Why Will God use Pagans to Punish Judah? God Speaks: Yes And Pagans Will Punish Babylon! Word of Praise Words of fear & faith Hab 3:16-19 Oracle Related to Judah ca 607BC Habakkuk moves from burden to blessing, from wonder/worry to worship, from restlessness to rest, from a problem to God’s Person, and from a complaint to consolation, from confusion to confidence! Beloved, only our great God and Savior can supernaturally turn sighing into singing so we must like Habakkuk take time to wait before Him in prayer and listen to His Word. It is always "worth the wait!" Timeline of Habakkuk BC 722: Northern Kingdom of Israel (10 tribes) falls & is exiled to Assyria 627: Jeremiah begins his prophetic ministry 621: Rediscovery of Book of Law which had been lost in House of God! Josiah's reformation (but not lasting revival) 612: Fall of Nineveh, capital of Assyria 609: Death of godly King Josiah 607: Habakkuk begins his prophetic ministry 605: Nebuchadnezzar defeats Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at Battle of Carchemish = "the turning point of world history" 605: First invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon; Daniel taken captive 597: Second invasion of Judah by Babylon; Ezekiel and 10,000 taken captive 592: Ezekiel begins his prophetic ministry to Babylonian exiles 586: Fall of Jerusalem, Destruction of Temple 538: Exiles return from Babylon to Judah (relatively small number return) Timeline of Habakkuk BC 722: Northern Kingdom of Israel (10 tribes) falls & is exiled to Assyria 627: Jeremiah begins his prophetic ministry 621: Rediscovery of Book of Law which had been lost in House of God! Josiah's reformation (but not lasting revival) 612: Fall of Nineveh, capital of Assyria 609: Death of godly King Josiah 607: Habakkuk begins his prophetic ministry 605: Nebuchadnezzar defeats Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at Battle of Carchemish = "the turning point of world history" 605: First invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon; Daniel taken captive 597: Second invasion of Judah by Babylon; Ezekiel and 10,000 taken captive 592: Ezekiel begins his prophetic ministry to Babylonian exiles 586: Fall of Jerusalem, Destruction of Temple 538: Exiles return from Babylon to Judah (relatively small number return) Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved.: Stand: Ps 73:16,17 Isa 21:8,11,12 Rampart: 2Sa 18:24 2Ki 9:17 2Ki 17:9 Isa 21:5 62:6 Will keep watch: Hab 1:12-17 Ps 85:8 To me: 2Co 13:3 Gal 1:16) (Job 23:5-7 Job 31:35,37 Jer 12:1 Habakkuk 2 Resources QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE ANSWERS ON THE WAY! Keep the context in mind (context is always the best guide to accurate interpretation) -- Recall that Habakkuk had asked God two questions in Habakkuk 1: Why don’t You do something? Why are You using the wicked against the righteous? (cp Hab 1:17) And so we see that God's prophet is perplexed. What is this but a triumph of evil? Is there a Divine Providence? Is there a just Ruler of the world? Hastings writes that… Habakkuk had to face the problem of the strength of the wicked and the humiliation of the just. It had been the problem with which Job had wrestled, and the Psalmist and Ecclesiastes; but now it thrust itself into notice under serious and startling aggravations… Habakkuk had spoken out his doubt and his distress, and therefore he had not to wait long for an answer. As one who stands upon a watch-tower, straining his eyes for the first gleam of the spears and helmets of a hostile or a friendly army, so he watched, as from the fenced place whence the vision of the truth was seen, to see what the Lord would say to him, what answer he should give when men mocked and taunted him. (The great texts of the Bible) I will stand - This reflects a conscious choice of Habakkuk's will. Habakkuk made the volitional choice to keep a lookout, to keep his eyes open and to keep his ears open so that he would not miss the answer that he was confident would come. And God did not disappoint His servant. And beloved, He never does! May all God's children learn from this ancient prophet the timeless lesson of waiting and watching for God when the circumstances cause us to be confused (as was Habakkuk!) Achtemeier introduces Habakkuk's willingness to wait for God to answer… As has been his habit (Hab 1:2, 12–13), Habakkuk now waits on God for the answer to his perplexity. There is no wisdom in the world that can find out the ways of God (cf. 1Co 1:21; Eccl 3:11; Job 11:7). If we search only nature’s workings or history’s lessons for proof of the Divine activity, apart from their interpretation by the Word of God, we will end up despairing of God’s interest in us and in his world (cf. Isa 40:27) or we will become cynically convinced that God does nothing at all (cf. 2Pe 3:3–4; Jer 17:15; Zeph 1:12). Worse yet, we may end up worshiping the creation rather than the Creator (Ro 1:18-23). The true revealer of God is the Word of God (cf. Jn 3:13; 17:25 et passim). As long…as we judge according to our own perceptions, we walk on the earth; and while we do so, many clouds arise, and Satan scatters ashes in our eyes, and wholly darkens our judgment, and thus it happens, that we lie down altogether confounded. It is hence wholly necessary…that we should tread our reason under foot, and come nigh to God himself … let the word of God become our ladder…(Calvin, IV, 59). (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching) John